Gunwharf Quays overnight?

[dom]

The boat is currently moving a bit more than is normal in a marina, but nowhere near enough to be a problem, and the wind if anything is forecast to drop. So I should be OK for this visit, but this definitely wouldn't be a good berth in any sort of wind.
Pete

Pete, it's time to forget about these nautical nuances.

And if you do happen to wake up on board with a dozen of Tiger Tiger's finest, please don't forget to post the pics on here

 

[colhel]

So you spent a night on Gunwharf Quays and the boat rocked a bit. C'mon Pete, spill the beans.....

 

[agurney]

Only downside I see is having to explain away your lifejacket on a bender
(I've no experience of the location other than seeing it from Pont Aven and Cap Finistere )

 

[Cardo]

I've stayed there once and that was enough for me. Even though we'd booked weeks in advance, the marina "lost" our booking (funny how they had a regatta taking up all the inner berths...) and so could only offer us a berth on the outside of the outer pontoon. I did not sleep well that night, with the constant bashing around from the wake from the various boats shooting along in the night. Since then we always go to Haslar. I'd rather put up with the inconvenience of the ferry rather than put up with Gunwharf's crap.

 

[prv]

Only downside I see is having to explain away your lifejacket on a bender

I know people are extremely cautious nowadays, but even so a lifejacket to walk across six feet of pontoon and up a fenced-in ramp seems excessive . No, the only plasticky jacket I was wearing was this "stylish" item:

(Office party, "tacky Christmas shit" dress code, what can you do?)

As for Col's question - while we did indeed end up at Tiger Tiger, sadly the most exciting thing I had back on the boat at 3am was some cheese-on-toast before bed

Pete

 

[Andrew E]

No machine gun incidents?

 

[prv]

No machine gun incidents?

No - should there have been?

Pete

 

[jac]

No - should there have been?

Pete

Well if Seajet is to believed, anywhere outside of Chichester is not so much a civil war as WW3

 

[prv]

Well if Seajet is to believed, anywhere outside of Chichester is not so much a civil war as WW3

Ah, yes. I seem to remember a bazooka being described as essential equipment for a visit to most Southampton pubs. Apparently someone got jostled awfully roughly.

Pete

 

[jac]

Ah, yes. I seem to remember a bazooka being described as essential equipment for a visit to most Southampton pubs. Apparently someone got jostled awfully roughly.

Pete

And another of his chums walked near a pub where some rather bawdy songs were being sung. You'd need the SAS to escort you into there.